Why Organization's Fail

Organization failure begins at the top. Rotary did not stop growing because people were not interested in joining local Rotary clubs. The number of people joining Rotary clubs proves that. It stopped growing because its leaders assumed it was in the business of supplying humanitarian services rather than in the business of creating Rotarians; they were product oriented instead of member oriented.

Red Text Note

==============Red text has a link to a previous Rotatorial or referenced document.==============

Saturday, March 29, 2014

In Rotary, Are Boards of Directors Useful?

YES, providing the Directors know what they are supposed to
do and do it!!

The primary function of
all Boards of Directors is to ensure that the organization continues to fulfill
its mission - its purpose for existing.
The only purpose of Rotary International (R.I.) and its member clubs is to create Rotarians so clubs, individually and collectively, can accomplish Rotary's
objective - advancing the Object of Rotary. In large organizations such as R.I., directors should not
manage the organization, but they should be satisfied that the organization is
effectively managed. In small
organizations, those without staffs, the directors are usually heavily involved
in operations. But whether the
organization is large or small, the directors should:

be solidly behind the
organization's differentiating purpose and objective,

ensure that the organization has
sufficient leadership and resources to achieve its objective, and

have readily available metrics so
they can ask enough critical questions to ensure that the organization is
headed in the direction it should.

These metrics should be available to all levels of Rotary
leadership. Are they? Since all necessary information is given to
R.I., making this information transparent to all Rotarians would be an invaluable
service R.I. could deliver.